PHIERS

Men's Healing Circle (MHC) • Men Accountable Project (MAP) • SCEC • PHIERS

Thank You. Now Let's Build On It.

Saturday showed that an approach built around community priorities, proven solutions, measurable results, and public accountability resonates. Now we turn that beginning into broader participation and real leverage.

Saturday, August 15, 202610:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Men's Healing Circle mentors and Sacramento students representing community accountability

The people in charge have the money and the authority.Saturday was about making sure the community has some power too.

The Men's Healing Circle and Men Accountable Project have stepped forward with PHIERS.org to help SCEC get better results. SCEC knows the education fight. The men bring people who will show up. PHIERS helps us put what we want in writing, put people behind it, take it to the people making the decisions, and keep score.

Missed the Meeting?

You did not miss your chance to participate.

1. Take the surveyTell us what you want fixed, what you support, and what results you expect.2. Sign or share the petitionIf you already signed it, help us get somebody else on the record.
3. Spread the wordSend phiers.org/scec to somebody who cares about Sacramento's students. They don't have to be a parent. Bring mentors, tutors, role models, organizers, advocates, neighbors — anybody ready to help. Everyone should have a voice in what happens next.

What We Want Fixed

Use Reading Methods That WorkUse proven reading practices — and show us whether our children are actually improving.
Show Us Where the Money GoesPublic money should go where the need is greatest — and we should be able to see what we got for it.
Put More Good Adults Around Our KidsMake room for mentors, tutors, role models, and other adults who are ready to show up and help.
Tell the Public What HappenedPut the promises on the record. Track the money. Track what got done. Then tell the community what changed.

What Happens Next

01What Do We Want Fixed?Get clear about the problems we want the people in charge to deal with.
02What Actually Works?Bring forward the approaches that are already working and where the money could do more good.
03How Do We Make Them Answer?Use the petition and survey to say what we want, put it on the record, and keep track of what the people in charge do about it.
04What Can We Do Ourselves?Figure out who can mentor, tutor, organize, advocate, watch the money, or help in some other real way.
05What Happens When We Leave?Leave with names, jobs, dates, and a clear plan for what happens next.

Why spreading the word matters now

500 gets your Representative to the table. 1,500 makes the district impossible to ignore.

500 signatures = demand answers. 1,500 signatures = demand a public town hall with elected officials who control the purse strings.

Why 1,500? Read the full explanation

The answer is simple: this is not just about schools. It is about a model for getting communities results faster.

PHIERS was created to strengthen the safety net, the economy, and the lives of individuals, families, and communities — locally, nationally, and beyond.

SCEC asked the Men Accountable Project (MAP) for help getting results. MAP responded by applying the PHIERS Accountability Model (PAM) to the work SCEC is already doing.

The model is straightforward:

Ask the people what they want. Put it on the record. Measure what happens. Hold the people responsible accountable.

The constituent survey tells us what people want addressed. The petition tells us how many people are willing to stand behind that demand. The five key questions give us a simple way to track what was promised, what was funded, what was done, and whether it actually worked.

We do not want to spend months presenting concerns, waiting for meetings, and then waiting again for someone to tell us what they plan to do.

That is why spreading the word matters now.

Every completed survey helps establish what the community wants. Every petition signature helps demonstrate the strength of that demand.

The sooner we reach 1,500, the sooner accountability can begin.

MAP and PHIERS are proud to bring SCEC a model for sustainable, structured, and faster community-level change — beginning with our schools.

This Is Bigger Than Sacramento

California gave schools more local control. Accountability has to keep up.

A recent Inc. analysis of California's school system describes what can happen when greater autonomy is not matched by enough alignment, capacity, measurement, and accountability.

Community Priorities → Public Investment → Measurable Results → Accountability & Oversight → Consequences When Ignored

That is the gap this effort is designed to address. Our goal is to help SCEC demonstrate a practical accountability model other communities across California can adapt — and, if it works, communities beyond California can learn from.

Read the Inc. article →

Why PHIERS?

This is bigger than one petition.

MAP is bringing the PHIERS Accountability Model to SCEC — a framework built from more than two decades of work connecting health, education, community partnerships, and measurable outcomes.

Before people are asked to support this effort, they should understand the history behind it, the results it has produced, and why PHIERS is part of this partnership.

Learn Why PHIERS Is Involved →

The meeting was the beginning. Now we build the numbers.

Thank you to everyone who participated. If you attended but did not finish the survey or petition, you can still do it online. If you missed the meeting entirely, you are still invited into what happens next.

Take the survey. Sign the petition. Spread the word. Then help us turn community priorities into commitments and results.